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... Installing ASUS PIKE RAID card 2-17 2.5.9 Installing i Button 2-17 2.6 Jumpers 2-18 2.7 Connectors 2-23 2.7.1 Rear panel connectors 2-23 2.7.2 Internal connectors 2-24
Chatper 3: Powering up 3.1 Starting up for the first time 3-1 3.2 Turning off the computer 3-2
3.2.1 Using the OS shut down function 3-2 3.2.2 Using the dual function power switch 3-2
Chapter 4
BIOS setup
4.1 Managing...
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...in the BIOS Setup Utility 5-32
Chapter 6: Driver installation 6.1 RAID driver installation 6-1
6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk 6-1 6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver 6-4 6.2 Intel® chipset device installation 6-11 6.3 LAN driver installation 6-13 6.4 VGA driver installation 6-16 6.5 Management applications and utilities installation 6-18 6.5.1 Running the support DVD 6-18...
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... on the motherboard.
• Chapter 3: Powering up This chapter describes the power up sequence and ways of shutting down the system.
• Chapter 4: BIOS setup This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided.
• Chapter 5: RAID configuration
This chapter provides instructions for setting up...
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... cover.
2.5.2 Configuring an expansion card
After installing the expansion card, configure the it by adjusting the software settings.
1. Turn on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. See Chapter 4 for information on BIOS setup.
2. Assign an IRQ to the card. Refer to the tables on the next page. 3. Install the software drivers for the expansion card.
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... incorrect cable connection when using a FDD cable with a covered Pin 5.
2. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-4 [red], SATA5-6 [black]) These connectors, controlled by southbridge ICH10R, are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives.
Ensure to install the ICH10R RAID driver from the support DVD during OS installation after configuring a RAID set using the SATA connectors...
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... disk drive.
A:\>afudos /iZ8NRD12.ROM AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1.19(ASUS V2.07(03.11.24BB)) Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends, Inc. All rights reserved.
WARNING!! Do not turn off power during flash BIOS Reading file ....... done Reading flash ...... done
Advance Check ...... Erasing flash ...... done Writing flash ...... done Verifying flash .... done
Please restart your computer...
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... can enable the security password feature or change the power management settings. This requires you to reconfigure your system using the BIOS Setup program so that the computer can recognize these changes and record them in the CMOS RAM of the firmware chip.
The firmware chip on the motherboard stores the Setup utility. When you start up the computer, the system provides you...
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..., relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems. Use a minimum of three identical hard disk drives for this setup.
5.1.2 Installing hard disk drives
The motherboard supports SATA hard disk drives for RAID set configuration. For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array.
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... the SATA hard disk drives.
2. During POST, the LSI MegaRAID software RAID configuration utility automatically detects the installed SATA hard disk drives and displays any existing RAID set(s). Press + to enter the utility.
LSI MegaRAID Software RAID BIOS Version A.08 09161344R
LSI SATA RAID Found at PCI Bus No: Dev No:1F
Device present at Port 0
ST3160812AS
152114MB
Device present at Port...
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... instructions on how to install the RAID controller drivers during OS installation.
6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk
You may have to use another system to create the RAID driver disk from the system/motherboard support DVD or from the Internet.
If you have created RAID sets with the LSI Software RAID configuration utility, the boot priority of the SATA optical disk drive has to be manually...
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ICH10R LSI RAID Driver
ICH10R LSI RAID Driver Windows XP / Windows Server 2003 32 bit Windows XP / Windows Server 2003 64 bit Windows Vista / Windows Server 2008 32 bit Windows Vista / Windows Server 2008 ... the RAID driver and place a blank, high-density floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.
7. Press . 8. Follow screen instructions to create the driver disk.
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...of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter. Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices(s):
* To specify additional SCSI adapters, DVD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press...
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...The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard window appears. Click Next. 8. Insert the RAID driver disk you created earlier to the floppy disk drive. 9. Select the option Install the software automatically (Recommended), and
then click Next. 10. The wizard searches the RAID controller drivers. When found, click Next to
install the drivers. 11. Click Finish after the driver installation is done.
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To verify the RAID controller driver installation: 1. Right-click the My Computer icon on the Windows® desktop, and then select
Properties from the menu. 2. Click the Hardware tab, and then click the Device Manager button. 3. Click the "+" sign before the item SCSI and RAID controllers, and then
the Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO SATA RAID Controller item should appear.
The screen differs ...
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... the driver disk, then press .
Main Menu
Do you have a driver disk?
Yes
No
4. Select fd0 using the key when asked to select the driver disk source. Press to move the cursor to OK, then press .
Driver Disk Source
You have multiple devices which could serve as sources for a driver disk. Which would you like to use?
fd0 sDVD0
OK
Cancel
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... F3 1280 x 1024 F4 DVD F5 Driver
5. When below screen appears, select the floppy disk drive (fd0) as the driver update medium. Select OK, then press .
Please choose the Driver Update medium.
fd0: Floppy sr0: DVD-ROM, TEAC DV-516E sda: Disk, SEAGATE ST336754SS sdb: Disk, SEAGATE ST336754SS Other device
OK
Back
The drivers for the RAID controller are installed to the system.
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... the computer, then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive. The support
DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer. 3. Click the item Intel Chipset Device Software from the menu.
4. The Intel(R) Chipset Device Software window appears. Click Next to start installation.
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6.3 LAN driver installation
This section provides instructions on how to install the Intel® Gigabit LAN controller drivers on a Windows® Server OS. To install the LAN controller drivers 1. Restart the computer, and then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive. The DVD
automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is ...
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5. Click Next when the Intel(R) Network Connections-InstallShield Wizard window appears.
6. Toggle I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next to continue.
7. Click the Intel(R) PROSet for Windows Device Manager box, and then click Next to start the installation.
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Chapter 6: Driver installation
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... Video Graphics Adapter (VGA) driver. You need to manually install the Aspeed® AST2050 VGA driver on a Windows® Server operating system. To install the Aspeed® AST2050 VGA driver 1. Restart the computer, then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive. The support
DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun...